National Air Force Museum of Canada

National Air Force Museum of Canada
	Location within Ontario
Former name	RCAF Memorial Library and Museum; Air Force National Museum;
Established	1984
Location	CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario
Coordinates	44°6′56.36″N 77°33′2.37″W / 44.1156556°N 77.5506583°W
Type	Aviation museum
Website	www.airforcemuseum.ca

The National Air Force Museum of Canada is an aviation museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is located on the west side of CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario.^[1]

The museum is a permanent archive which collects, preserves and displays Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) memorabilia, photographs, paintings and documents as a lasting tribute and memorial to all the men and women who served in the RCAF and its predecessor organizations.^[2]

History

The RCAF Memorial Library and Museum opened on 1 April 1984 – the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Force – in the CFB Trenton Recreation Center. However, the museum quickly outgrew the location and moved to the base's former curling club exactly 10 years later in 1994. With the acquisition of a Handley Page Halifax restoration project in 1995, the museum was again short on space. So from 2004 to 2005 the museum constructed a purpose built Main Exhibition Hall. This was not before the name of the museum was changed to the Air Force National Museum in 1998. Ten years later, it was changed again to the National Air Force Museum of Canada.^[3]

Between November 2012 and August 2013, a second phase of construction was completed on the main exhibition hall. This involved adding additional staircases between the two floors of the building and finishing various rooms.^[4]^[5]

The RCAF salvaged avionics from the museum's C-130 to use on an active duty aircraft in 2014.^[6]

In 2016, the museum acquired an Avro Lancaster that had been on display in Edmundston, New Brunswick.^[7] Chris Colton, the executive director of the museum for 21 years, retired in June 2018.^[8] Later that year, the museum acquired a CP-140 Aurora.^[9]

Collection

Aircraft on display

AEA Silver Dart – replica^[10]
Auster AOP.6^[11]
Avro Anson^[12]^[13]
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck 18774^[14]
Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer 134201^[15]
Bell CH-118 Iroquois 118101^[16]
Bell CH-135 Twin Huey 135102^[17]
Bell CH-136 Kiowa 136204^[18]
Boeing CH-47D Chinook 147201^[19]
Boeing Vertol CH-113 Labrador 11315^[20]
Boeing 720 18024^[21]
Bombardier CC-144 Challenger 144601^[22]
Burgess-Dunne – replica^[23]
Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter 11672^[24]
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter 104646^[25]
Canadair CP-107 Argus 10732^[26]
Canadair CT-114 Tutor 114015^[27]
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 21435^[28]
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 133593 – cutaway^[28]
Canadair Sabre V 23257^[29]
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 WB550^[30]
de Havilland Canada CP-121 Tracker 1545^[31]
Douglas CC-129 Dakota 12963^[32]
Handley Page Halifax A.VII NA337^[33]^[34]
Hawker Hunter F.58 J-4029^[35]^[36]
Hawker Hurricane II V7287 – replica^[37]^{[failed verification]}
Lockheed CC-130E Hercules 130313^[38]
McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo 101040^[39]
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet 188911^[40]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF 23+45^[41]^[42]
North American Harvard II 3270^[43]
North American Yale 3411^[44]
SAGEM Sperwer 161007^[45]
Sikorsky Dragonfly 9601^[46]
Supermarine Spitfire IX ML380 – replica^[47]^{[failed verification]}

Under restoration

Avro Lancaster B.X KB882^[48]
Lockheed Hudson VI FK466^[49]

Memorials

There are 29 memorials and cairns dedicated to RCAF squadrons and units:

No. 6 Group RCAF
No. 6 Repair Depot
306 Maple Leaf Wing RCAFA
405 Squadron
407 Demon Squadron
408 Squadron
413 Squadron
424 Squadron
426 Squadron
429 Squadron
431 Squadron
434 Squadron
435 Squadron
436 Squadron
437 Squadron
438 Squadron
AWFP Association
Burma Bomber Association
Canadian Military Flight Engineers Association
Dodo Birds – ex RCAF Flight Sergeants
Jewish Memorial
Loadmaster Memorial
Mobile Support Equipment
Non-Destructive Testing
Para Rescue Association of Canada
RCAF and Allied Forces Bomber Command
RCAF Fighter Pilots Association
RCAF Meteorologists
RCAF Police
Sabre Pilots I Air Division
Workshop Machinists

Affiliations

The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, OMMC and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

^ The National Air Force Museum of Canada (2010). "The National Air Force Museum of Canada — formerly known as the RCAF Memorial Museum". Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^ A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums –Operations and Administration 2002-04-03
^ "Information". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "The Logbook" (PDF), National Air Force Museum of Canada, November 2012, retrieved 22 November 2020
^ "The Logbook" (PDF), National Air Force Museum of Canada, August 2013, retrieved 22 November 2020
^ Berthiaume, Lee (15 September 2014). "Royal Canadian Air Force raided museum for search-and-rescue airplane parts". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ Montgomery, Marc (22 November 2016). "Update- Lancaster KB-882- saved, at last!". Radio Canada International. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Hendry, Luke (17 June 2018). "Chris Colton retiring as air force museum director". The Intelligencer. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Canadian Forces aircraft taking the long road to new home in Ontario". Global News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Silver Dart". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Auster". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "[Untitled]". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Avro Anson". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Canuck". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Musketeer". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Iroquois". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Twin Huey". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Kiowa". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Chinook". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Labrador". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "B720". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Challenger". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Burgess Dunne". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Freedom Fighter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Starfighter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Argus". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Tutor". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Silver Star". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Sabre". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Chipmunk". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Tracker". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Dakota". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Halifax". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "The Story of NA 337". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Hunter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Airframe Dossier - Hawker Hunter F.58, s/n J-4029 SwiAF, c/n 41H-697392". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Hurricane". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Hercules". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Voodoo". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Hornet". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "MiG". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Airframe Dossier - Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75, s/n 23+45 Luftwaffe, c/n 96002009". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Harvard". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Yale". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Sperwer". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Dragonfly". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Spitfire". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Lancaster KB 882". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Lockheed Hudson". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

External links

[NAFMCinfo-1] The National Air Force Museum of Canada (2010). "The National Air Force Museum of Canada — formerly known as the RCAF Memorial Museum". Retrieved 12 October 2010.

[2] A-AD-266-000/AG-001 Canadian Forces Museums –Operations and Administration 2002-04-03

[Information-3] "Information". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[4] "The Logbook" (PDF), National Air Force Museum of Canada, November 2012, retrieved 22 November 2020

[5] "The Logbook" (PDF), National Air Force Museum of Canada, August 2013, retrieved 22 November 2020

[6] Berthiaume, Lee (15 September 2014). "Royal Canadian Air Force raided museum for search-and-rescue airplane parts". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

[7] Montgomery, Marc (22 November 2016). "Update- Lancaster KB-882- saved, at last!". Radio Canada International. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[8] Hendry, Luke (17 June 2018). "Chris Colton retiring as air force museum director". The Intelligencer. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[9] "Canadian Forces aircraft taking the long road to new home in Ontario". Global News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[10] "Silver Dart". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[11] "Auster". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[12] "[Untitled]". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[13] "Avro Anson". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[14] "Canuck". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[15] "Musketeer". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[16] "Iroquois". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[17] "Twin Huey". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[18] "Kiowa". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[19] "Chinook". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[20] "Labrador". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[21] "B720". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[22] "Challenger". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[23] "Burgess Dunne". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[24] "Freedom Fighter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[25] "Starfighter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[26] "Argus". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[27] "Tutor". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[SilverStar-28] "Silver Star". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[29] "Sabre". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[30] "Chipmunk". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[31] "Tracker". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[32] "Dakota". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[33] "Halifax". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[34] "The Story of NA 337". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[35] "Hunter". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[36] "Airframe Dossier - Hawker Hunter F.58, s/n J-4029 SwiAF, c/n 41H-697392". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[37] "Hurricane". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[38] "Hercules". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[39] "Voodoo". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[40] "Hornet". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[41] "MiG". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[42] "Airframe Dossier - Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF-75, s/n 23+45 Luftwaffe, c/n 96002009". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[43] "Harvard". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[44] "Yale". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[45] "Sperwer". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[46] "Dragonfly". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[47] "Spitfire". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[48] "Lancaster KB 882". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[49] "Lockheed Hudson". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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